Revising for Sentence Variety

Remember that sentence variety makes writing more interesting by using sentences of different lengths and
that start and end differently. Below is a list of the different types of sentences you will need to have in
EACH PARAGRAPH of your piece. If you wrote a poem, you will be looking at your lines and stanzas
instead of sentences and paragraphs.

REQUIRED SENTENCES:

1. A long sentence (typically has more than one idea)

a. EXAMPLE: When Erin was a freshman at South Plantation, she stood on the sideline at varsity
football games and helped however she could as a ball girl, a manager or a trainer's
assistant.
2. A short sentence (typically has just one idea)
a. EXAMPLE: Erin was a freshman at South Plantation.
3. A compound sentence (joins two ideas together with a conjunction word and, but, or
a. EXAMPLE: Even well-fed cats enjoy hunting, and when they see something flutter, they cant
help but move in for the kill.

Revising for Sentence Variety

Remember that sentence variety makes writing more interesting by using sentences of different lengths and
that start and end differently. Below is a list of the different types of sentences you will need to have in
EACH PARAGRAPH of your piece. If you wrote a poem, you will be looking at your lines and stanzas
instead of sentences and paragraphs.

REQUIRED SENTENCES:

4. A long sentence (typically has more than one idea)

a. EXAMPLE: When Erin was a freshman at South Plantation, she stood on the sideline at varsity
football games and helped however she could as a ball girl, a manager or a trainer's
assistant.
5. A short sentence (typically has just one idea)
a. EXAMPLE: Erin was a freshman at South Plantation.
6. A compound sentence (joins two ideas together with a conjunction word and, but, or
a.EXAMPLE: Even well-fed cats enjoy hunting, and when they see something flutter, they cant help but
move in for the kill.